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4UNIT-En` STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HAMON MORRISON, OF KENIA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO-JOHN R. ANDERSON, O F SAME PLACE.

CHECK-ROW CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 349,259, dated September 14, 1886.

Application filed May 1B, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAMON MORRIsON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Xenia, in` the county of Bourbon and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Row Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the IO art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which*d Figure l is a side view of my improved i 5 check-row corn-planter.4 Fig. 2 is a top view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a front view. Fig. 4 is a rear view; and Fig. y5 is a perspective detail view of the marking mechanism.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- 2o spending parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to that class of cheek-row corn-planters in which the dropping mechanism is operated from the drivewheels, and it consists in the improved con- 2 5 struction and combination of parts of such a corn-planter, as hereinafter more fully dei scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the front frame, which is provided 3o with seed-boxes B B, `of any desired construetion, having the seed-slide C sliding transversely .with its ends in the boxes, and the rear portion of this front frame,whieh has the runners D D, is provided with two rearwardly- 3 5 projecting pairs of perforated lips, E E, with which the frame is hinged to the forward ends of the side pieces, F F, of the main frame, upon the cross-pieces G G of which the seat H for the driver is secured. The drive-axle I is 4o j ournaled in bearings J .I in the side pieces of the frame, and the drive-wheels K K are j ournaled upon the ends of this axle outside of the side pieces, revolving freely upon the axle, and having spring-pawls L, which engage ratchetwheels M upon the axle. The outer end of the aXle at one side is provided with a ratchetwheel, N, outside of the drive-wheel, and a' v'chain-wheel, O, is j ournal ed upon the axle outside of the ratchet-wheel, having a pawl, l?,4

5o engaging the ratchet-wheel, and a chain, Q,

Serial No. 202,567. (No modeL passes over this chain-wheel and over a smaller chain-wheel, R, journaled upon a short shaft, S, projecting laterally from a bracket, T, upon the forward end of the front frame. This chain is provided at equal distances with buttons U, having laterally-proj eeti ng lugs, and the chain passes between a number of forks, V, radiating from a disk, WV, secured upon a shaft, X,

journaled in bearings upon the rear sides of the seed-boxes, the buttons and their lugs en- 6o gaging the forks and tilting them. A waved cam-disk, Y, is secured upon the shaft, and engages with its waved periphery two rollers, Z lZ, journaled upon upwardly-projecting studs upon the seed-slide, and the Vcam-disk has a number of bul ges or waves registering with and corresponding to the number of forks upon the disk, so that' the seed slide will be moved when a fork is tilted by a button upon the chain. The shaft is'provided with a disk or block, A', having a number of fiat sides corresponding to and registering with the forks and with the bulges or waves upon the disk, and a at spring, B', is secured with its rear end upon the side piece of.the main frame, andbears with its forward free end against the faces of the said block or disk, stoppin g the revolution of the shaft and retaining the forks and disk in the proper position until the next vfork is tilted. A short rock-shaft, O', is j onrnaled in the rear side of the seed-box nearest to the disk having the forks, and this sh aft is provided at its outer end with a rearwardly-projecting arm, D', having an outwardly projecting end, E', which proiects'under the chain, and the inner end of S5 j the rock-shaft is provided with an upwardlyprojecting arm, F', to the upper end of which is pivoted a connecting-rod, G', the rear end of which is pivoted to a lever, H', pivoted upon the side piece of the frame near the seat for the driver and within reach of the same. By

tilting this lever and consequently the arm forward, the rearwardly projecting arm is tilted upward, and the chain may be raised so as to travel clear of the forks, and so as not to tilt the same, allowing the planter to be turned at the ends of rows and to be driven over a field or upon a road without planting. The

rear end of the front frame is provided with a rearwardly-projecting arm, I', and a eonnectroo ing-rod, J', is pivoted to the rear end of this arm, and has its upper end pivoted to a forwardly-projecting arm, K', of a lever, L', pivoted upon the forward cross-piece ofthe main frame, aml having a latch, M', engaging a mental rack, N', upon the said cross-piece, and the front frame may be tilted with its forward end downward or upward by tilting this lever and adjusting it so that the depth to which the runners shall eut and plant may be regulated. The innerside of the large cham-wheel upon the drive-axle is provided with two inwardly-project/ing lugs, O' O', and a shaft, 1)',

.isjournaled in a rigid bearing, Q', and a longitudinally-sliding bearing, It', upon the rear ends of the side pieces of the main frame, and has a forwardly-projeetingarln, S', which may be engaged and tripped by the lugs upon the chain-wheel when the latter is revolved. 'lhe sliding bearing has an inwardly-projecting bail, T', which is engaged by the lower end of a lever, U', pivoted upon the side pieces of the frame, and by tilting this lever, which is within convenient reach from the seat of the driver, the bearing may be slid forward or rearward, causing the arm to engage the lugs or to be disengaged from them. The shaft has a rearwardly-projeeting arm, V', the rear end of which is screw-threaded and provided with nuts and washers X l', which clamp the upper slotted portion, X', of a marker-blade, Y', projecting downward and nearly touching the ground with its lower end. Then one of the lugs upon the chain-wheel strikes the forwardly -projecting arm, the marker will be forced down, making a mark in the ground, so that the driver of the planter may calculate his distance from the rows planted, when passing up a new row, by observing the marks made by the marker. It will be seen that by increasing or decreasing the number et' buttons upon the chain the distances between the hills may be varied; or the planter may be converted into a drill by placing a number of buttons upon the chain, so that the forks will continually be engaged and the shaft revolved, continually reciprocating the seed-slide. The drive-axle having the ratchet-wheels, which are engaged by the pawls upon the drive-wheels, will allow the wheels to be revolved backward without revolving the axle or any of the dropping mechanism, and will allow one wheel to revolve faster than the other and at the same time revolve the axle, and the ratchet-wheel, upon the axle being engaged by the pawl from the frame, will prevent the axle from revolving backward when the wheels are revolved in that direction. The chain may be thus adjusted with reference to the forks upon the disk that it may tilt the forks just a sutlieient space ahead of one of the lugs tilting .the marker, that the marker may be depressed at a hill 5 or it may be so adjusted thatthe marker will be depressed in a space between the hills by silnpl y removing the chain from the large chain-wheel and moving it forward or backward su ftieiei ltly to cause the buttons of the chain, when the Ilatter is replaced upon the wheel, to fall intermediate the places they previously occupied.

rlhe marker-shaft is provided with a rearward]y-] )rojeetingarm, Z', which bears with its under side against the free end ol" a spring, A", secured upon the under side of the rear cross-piece of the frame, and thel marker may be raised cach time it is tiltedby means of this spring and arm.

The marker-blzule may be adj usted b v means of the longitudinal slot in its upper end and bynleans of the nuts upon the rearwardly-projecting serew-tlneaded arm, which nuts clam p the marker-blade in place upon the arm, and it is desirable to have the marker :uljusted so that it will pass immediately above the ground with its lower end without marking, so that it will mark at the slightest depression of its arm, caused by the tilting upward of the lbrwardlyprojecting arm.

The block or disk upon the operatiiig-shaft, having the flat faces and having the flat spring bearing with its outer end against the said faces, will serve to stop the operating-shaft in its revolutions, preventing it from being revolved too far, and holding it firmly until the shaft is revolvedby another fork being tilted.

llhe seed-boxes and slides may be ol' an y desired construction, the only requirement of the slides being that they are operated by a transverse reciprocating slide, so that the seed cups may be in the ends ofthe slide, or the ends ofthe slide may operate rceiprm-ating or revolving slides or disks.

The shoes and seed-tubes may be of any desired construction which may be found most effective and convenient.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a cheek-row corn-planter, the combination of a chain-wheel upon the dri ve-shai't, a chain-wheel at the forward end of the front frame, a slide-operatingshalt havinga disk provided with radiating forks, an endless chain passing over the wheels and havingequidistant buttons,a rock-shaft journaled parallel with the operating-shaft, and having a rearwardly-projccting armwith an outwardly-bent end below the upper half of the chain, and an upwardlyprojecting arm, and a lever having a connecting-rod pivoted to the upward]y-proiecting arm, as and forthc purposeshown and setl'orth.

2. In a cheek-row corn-planter, the combination of an operating-shaft having a disk at one end provided with radiating forks, and having a cam-disk upon it formed with registering and corresponding bulges or waves inV its periphery, and a disk or block having registering and corresponding flat faces, a seedslide having two upwardlyprojecting studs provided with rollers clamping the edge ol' the cam-disk, ailat springbearing with its free end, against the flat faces of the block or disk, and an endless chain driven by the dri ve-axle and ICO IOS Y IIO having equidistant buttons engaging the forks,

as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. In a check-row corn-planter, the combination of a chain-Wheel having equidistant i11- Wardly-projeoting lugs upon its inner side and revolving with the drive-shaft, a chain-wheel journaled upon the forward end of the front frame of the machine, an operating-shaft having radiating forks, aehain having equidistant .buttons and passing over the Wheels, and a transverse shafthaving a forwardly-projecting arm engaging the 'lugs and having a rearwardly-projeeting arm provided with a downwardly-proj eeting marker-blade, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

4. In a cheek-row eorn-planter, the combination of a chain-Wheel upon the drive-axle, having inwardly-projeoting equidistant lugs upon lower end, and a marker-blade secured with its longitudinally slotted upper end upon the vscrewthreaded arm of the shaft clamped by means of nuts'and Washers, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

5. In a cheek-row corn-planter, the combina tion of a drive-shaft having three ratchet-wheels upon it, a spring-pawI upon eaeh of the two drivewheels, each pawl engaging with one of saidA ratchet-wheels, and a springpaw1 secured upon the frame of the planter and engaging the third ratchet-wheel, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

Y 6. In a eheok-row eorn-planter, the combination, with a disk upon an operating-shafthaving radiating forks, of an endless chain passing over suitable Wheels having means for revolving them, and having buttons 4at equal distances, and provided with laterally-proj eeting lugs, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnessess.

HAMON MORRISON.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR BROWNE, THOMAS J oHNs'roN. 

